Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 1

May 1:

Events
 * 1457 - Edo Castle is fortified by Ōta Dōkan. (Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Fourth Month, 1457)
 * 1837 - Ōshio Heihachirō dies. (Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Third Month, 1837)
 * 1907 - Sakichi Toyoda is the first subject to patent the world's first automatic loom.
 * 1923 - The Tokyo high-speed rail is renamed and Odakyu Electric Railway is founded.
 * 1929 - The Imperial Palace of the Times changes its cannons from "Don" to "Siren". When the signal is noon at Tokyo, the sound from the cannon fire in the imperial palace of "Don" was handed to the siren. It is established in three places, but it is inaudible and unpopular. It is not mistaken for a factory whistle and is sounded at 19:00.
 * 1932 - The first radio surveys are performed.
 * 1937 - Nishinomiya Stadium is opened.
 * 1948 - Hibari Misora debuted in the Yokohama international theater. (as Kazue Misora at the time)
 * 1952 - A blood incident happened on Labor Day.
 * 1975 - Japan's first Nagasaki airport is opened to be the offshore airport.
 * 2000 - The Japan Coast Guard introduced "118 = Emergency Telephone Number". It notified incidents and accidents at sea. It has faster sea rescue and helps to prevent the water's edge from smuggling.

Births
 * 1953 - Naoya Uchida, voice actor, actor, and singer
 * 1957 - Kow Otani, pianist and composer
 * 1978 - Sachie Hara, model and actress
 * 1980 - Yousuke Ichikawa, actor and model
 * 1984 - Keiichiro Koyama, singer and actor
 * 1992 - You Kikkawa, singer

Film and television
 * 2015 - Flying Colors, a youth comedy drama film starring Kasumi Arimura and Atsushi Itō